Brandi, of The Healthy Flavor, inspired me again. With an ample bag of frozen dark cherries from Costco in the freezer and a lot of leftover lemon juice from my Lemon Coconut Breakfast Bars, I decided a frosty one would go well with breakfast earlier this week…..
Cherry and Lemon Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1½ cups frozen pitted dark cherries
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (about 1 large)
- 2 Tbsp natural nut or seed butter
- 3 Medjool dates, pitted
- 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- ½ to 1 cup water
- 1 cup ice cubes
Directions:
Add ingredients to a high-speed blender. Process on high, tamping, until smooth and creamy, adding more water as needed. Serve immediately with a wide straw.
Serves 1 very large or 2 normal servings.
~Sarah
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this looks ridiculously good!!!
Aww thanks sweet lady for featuring another one of my recipes!! I’m so thrilled you loved it as much as I did! I’m going to make the lemon bars this week, yay!
I love getting inspired!
My mouth is watering! I have everything on hand except the cherries! Darn! Well and I don’t exactly have a high speed blender either come to think of it.
Wonder how it would turn out if I just blended the heck out of it in my regular blender? Thanks for the recipe, maybe with a couple of modifications I can make it work with my blender. But now I know what I’m asking Santa for next year! 
If you can, pre crush the ice – and you could thaw the cherries a bit as well. Also, stop often and scrape the sides, pushing down. That is how I used to make frappes before I got a Vitamix
Thank you, I’ll definitely give it a try!
I don’t have a fancy blender either. I use crushed ice and let the cherries sit in the blender for just a few minutes before blending everything together. It works perfectly
Good to hear!
Sounds fantastically refreshing – a great one in the heat of summer!
Besides chilly days, it hasn’t felt like winter here so far. No snow at all
But as usual it is grey and gloomy most days..lol. So a sunny drink keeps me going!